The Sun. — London, England, 1836-04-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties left town at half-past eleven o'clock yester morning in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons, for Windsor Castle. The King have audience yesterday morning at St. James's to Lord Hill. His Majesty entertained the Duke of Cumberland, the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Princess Augusta, Prince George of Cambridge and Lord Hill, at dinner on Tuesday evening. The Duchess o f K en t, the Princess Victoria, the Princes Fe rdinand and Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, and the Prince of g ehliegen visit e d the Princess Augusta, the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess tlphia yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester entertained the Duke of Cum berland, the Princess Augusta, and a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening, at Gloucester-house. The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, attended by Made rapiselle St e i n , l e f t town soon after three o'clock yesterday a lternoon on a visit to their Majesties at Windsor Castle. P rince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal and Prince Edward of c arolath left town at three o'clock yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Yesterday (Maundy Thursday) his Majesty's Royal Alms were distributed in a temporary building at the back of White- J ell Chap e l, t o 71 poor an d a ged men, and 71 aged and in firm Women (all of them above sixty), being as many as the King is years old. , The distribution was made by the Dean of Carlisle , sub timoner • Mr. Hanby, Secretary and Yeoman ; and Mr. J ones, Groom of the Almonry. At twelve o'clock the distribution commenced. To the Iletnen the sum of 11. 15s. each was given ; and to the men, 441) es and stockings, woollen and linen cloth. Purses of 14 „eney each, containing a sovereign and seventy silver: penny . - ,.. lH eees were then given to both men and women. A cup of "me was served to all the Maundy persons ; wooden platters With meat were then placed on the tables, loaves of bread ~I w iag been distributed, each person received a piece of meat. he Sub-almoner having walked round to see that each per -8" Was supplied, and to inspect the quality of the bread and meat, repeated the grace after meat. A bowl of fish and four loaves were then given to each Person, which having been inspected by the Sub-Almoner, the attendants advanced with ale, and all the recipients were given a cup of ale to drink the King's health. A confirmation of the juvenile nobility and gentry was held Yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, by the Bishop of London, as Dean of the Chapel. Her Royal Highness the princess Augusta attended the service. The Ki ng ' s m i nor b ou nty was distributed on Monday and Tuesday at the Almonry-office to 900 poor and infirm men p i ? women. One of the women receiving relief, named ft nzabeth Love, is 107 years old ; several others are between 0 and 100 years old. „ The French Ambassador transacted business yesterday at r. " l eforeign-office. • French, M.P., and a deputation, had an interview with the Ch ance ll or o f th e Exchequer yesterday in , Downing , street. _„ lr leeount Melbourne left town yesterday for his seat, Brocket "wi Herts. BANK OF ENGLAND. v-. 1 6.--Te following is the House List of Governors and uirecB3 tors of t he Bank of England for the year ensuing, viz. FOR GOVERNORS. James Pattison, Esq., Governor. Timothy Abraham Curtis, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. William Mellish, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Charles Pole, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Wm. Thomson, Esq., Ald. Money Wigram, Esq. Melvil Wilson, Esq. Deputy-Governor will be held sth, and for Directors on istant, from ten o'clock in the is John Bowd en , E s q. '° ll ll Cockerell, Esq. 'William Cotton, Esq. li enry Davidson, Esq. Samuel Drew, Esq. Bonarny Dobree, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq . Abel Lewis Gower, Esq. T homson Hankev, Jun., Esq. J ohn Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Be njamin Heath, Esq. T he Hibbert, Esq. 111'e election for Governor and at the Bank on TUESDAY, thy. fo '‘Va NtsnAv, the 6th, April in forenoon till four in the afternoi HEREDITARY ESTATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. en ' lll ,--I take the liberty of handing to you the following f,, -133 '„..0f a letter, addressed to G. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P. w orcester, on the subject and necessity of levying a f a : on th e H ere ditary Estates of this country, on their i h ee nt fro m heir to heir. Should such a measure meet h;f, approbation as to its justness and practicability, I t feel obliged by its insertion in the columns of y our 11 '1 patriotic paper, The Sun. ottr ghatn, N i I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, March 30, 1836. JOHN CLAYTON. p a rjr•—•lt is much to be regretted by the people that your ii,,,°ttc • motion relative to the taxation of this country 1 1 -1141 Lave been withdrawn ; because great good might a'V e arisen, from the adoption of a more equalized system and reduction of taxation—that is, of laying the burden UPon those whose fortunes enable them to bear it ; without the infliction of a grinding, oppressive system, upon those whose earnings from industry are the least capable to bear the imposts of the State—such as they are at the present lay. It is an object well worthy the attention of the Le gislators of England, to know that excessive taxation is a bar to general consumption ; and, of course, by no means Productive to national revenue, or national prosperity, as one fairly equalised. Reduce taxation to a certain and equal ratio—let all men become consumers—and the re °tone would rather be improved than suffer by the result. There would then be more real comfort, less misery, less discontent, and less crime, to stain the page of history, than at the present eventful moment, when all are crying for re retrenchment, and c h ea p G overnmen t. Wh y we should be an over-taxed people every one must be at a loss to conjecture, except that Englishmen are more patient Under their burdens, or more industrious, and submit to `State frauds, State oppressions, and State delusions, more than any other country—this is for them to consider and appreciate to the extent and effect they produce on society. E .There ev id ent l y h as b een great unwillingness on the part of the landed aristocracy to bear their equal share of the ts tir dens of th e State--they avoid most carefully even the Judi of them with their finger. But they have no objec no to share in the Taxes, wrung from the people, and to fe at (11 them with the utmost contempt, as an inferior order C ei ngs—the mere shreds of Nature, only to toil and starve 4 7 : 1 , the cradle to the grave ! This having been the case 1 "g• it is high time the scenes were changed, and those I) ,, i ° 4 are in the possession of the soil (the landed pro fist's) made to bear their fair proportion of Taxation, in St ate er to relieve the other classes, so long borne down by e xactions &c. This could be easily e ff ec t e d, an d on ..oto •••• 14 , 0 , breadprin ci pl es , b y a gra d ua t e d P roperty Tax, and not fall so h eav il y upon th e poor man as hi s taxed th e m ,sugar, tea, &c., &c., as at present levied upon him ; reetion of which, if not " inquisitorial," is . equally b t e r l evous in effect and principle, and ought in justice to Lear e t tll l2 v ed by the Legislature. In fact—who ought to rea b i h - "' grievous burdens of the State, but those who are 4 6,6 - 0,1,,,,the golden harvest of high rentals, from the taxe - I , u u o of acres of land, &c., besides sharing in the thing `! t tl'oh patronage, army, navy, &c. ? Is there no and se,',Nuisitorial" in taxing the poor and their comforts, Purity I. ° let the real possessors of wealth go free, from the hour their legislation, while the people have the high 44 Etti oia? f being their slaves to the end of the chapter of Ther e b °I it s being a necessity for relieving the country . of many torte Present unnecessary burdens, and of placing those d 10 tn e ti o s r , ll ß" Proper shoulders, an idea has been suggested 'no subject of the Hereditary Estates of the ~uhtr/' w hich might, and ought to be made available Irib la r e r descent from heir to heir, which at present con kriodthin.' to the State on such descent, while every "e ado '' Property, &c., or bequests, are made to pay. eousid_Ption of this measure, no doubt, by some would be fie ured in quisitorial," and would be shuffled off, in the th ose w aY as the Property Tax proposition has been by end ki n d ly Hon. Members, who from motives of justice Pay endness, would rather make the poor man pay than nern• 10 erha._ Selves, however ample their fortunes may be. per You will give this proposition of a tax of 5, 7fl,thor •I ti ter ed L a cent. Your consideration, on the value ~fse etit p Estates of the nobility, gentry, 4"e. , ‘'oro til i r ° 4 l heir to heir, and propose to the House of on o thei e r .. c o Gus i ts 4 4tr , adoption, which will at once prove to the ejrshY. 'whether the landed proprietors are willing to bear g etes tn i n al : i of the country burdens, or whether they . are ',Nil the u. to perpetuate the fraud of unequal taxation, no cess PeoPle be actuated to resistance, called into action T ° 17 ? ° G. 4, r ern ain, Sir, your most obedient servan t, Robinson, Esq.,M.P. JOHN CLAYTON. ..... i .........._________ . COMMUTATIONTITHES. , SI R 71 , THE EDITOR OF THE SUN 1/bSe r, : I do not know whether you will think thy crude You I.4"cnis worthy of a place in your Journal, or whether l batt er i ' be able to find space, on account of more valuable lb out 3 ( ,‘ °11 , 4 1aY have to insert, But the subject I am jithelftn-hdress you upon is one of vital importance to 4 ttge i'" O ng others, and of great interest to the nation at less-4 Inean the Commutation of Tithes. I would not lie titeslimed to attempt to make my hasty thoughts pub -1114(7'0' the medium of the Press, were it not that I ',E'er ); 2, 4 1 in some sort entitled to have an opinion about h 4 1 a lay I i m a m both a tithe-payer and a tithe-owner—t t a i t s to piceT imPropriator ; and I believe that my account ala.need Ptetty ~3 : b , that I receive tithe in some parishes " " e arlY t that I pay them in others. ow a.. to o the same amount You the the Bill brought in by Lord John Russell,to tell 't ttu t i a " truth I am not uite sure that 1 8 fat 4 S I do uudersta q ud, I think it is notperfection. Very far from it : nevertheless, if I were an M.P., I would support it for two reasons—first, because it is a debt of gratitude, an obligation upon all who have the welfare of their country at heart, to support the present Ministers, who have done more good for the great public—l do not mean for any one class at the expense of others as heretofore— in the short time they have been in office, than the old Tories have done since they were known by that name. Secondly, and perhaps it is the more legitimate reason for supporting the measure, because it is the beginning of a good and great work. For God's sake, do let us make a beginning—let us set foot within the sacred territory of tithe, which has done more to alienate men's minds from the Established Church than any one thing. For, mind, I am a member of the Established Church, and have an affectionate' regard for it. I only wish and hope to see it restored to that pure and spiritual form, which every re ligion must have to live and be cherished in the bosoms of thinking people ; and, by the way, the whole nation now is a thinking people. The present Bill is not perfection—be it so—but can any Bill, any measure, any law, be made complete in the first instance respecting such a very diffi cult and intricate a business as tithes? But only make a beginning : if the present Bill should pass into a law, it probably would be found not to work well ; but it would be modified—it would be explained—it would be made to suit either general or particular .circum stances by future Bills ; nay, perhaps it might be re pealed, but then something would be enacted in its stead. Now a word of advice to the clergy—l had nearly said " the parsons ;" but I suppose that would be vulgar—indeed to tithe-owners in general—do not be too strenuous in your opposition to this measure. If you are, you may put off the evil day ; but it will come, and with a vengeance too. I do not believe, as some people do, that the nation will give up paying tithes altogether ; there is too much natural justice in John Bull; yet I would not have the tithe owners too secure upon this point : but the nation, that is the people, will commute the tithes without consulting the tithe-owner ; they will dole out what thinking people may consider a fair remuneration to ministers of the Gospel for the discharging of their duties—what lawyers call a quantum nzeruit, not a quantum decimandi. Let them not forget that the people are just upon the point of ceasing to pay Church-rates. Let them also recollect, that the Tories set their faces obstinately against all idea of Parliamentary Reform, till the tide of opinion set in so violently in favour of it as to bear down every obstacle with incon trollable power. Let them beware of the tide of public opinion in favour of a reform in the tithe system. I remain, with great respect, Sir, Your constant reader, JOHN' YORKSHIREMAN. March 28. WHEAL BROTHERS MINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—We are sorry to observe in The Sun of Monday last a one-sided report of the action tried at the late As sizes for Devon, in which we were defendants, and Mr. Joseph Malachi, an adventurer in Wheal Brothers Mine, the plaintiff. You have given the outline of the case en tirely from the speech of the plaintiff's Counsel, by which we are made to appear as having inserted the alleged libel from malevolent feelings, and a desire to injure th Mine, which representation must of course tend to our prejudice. Your reporter has omitted all allusion to the facts which appeared in the record, and were stated in Court, viz., that the paragraph on account of which the action was brought against us was the production of a correspondent, whose character for respectability and integrity is unques tioned ; that the fullest explanation was given by him to the parties of its being an inadvertent error on his part ; that they consequently abandoned the proceedings previously commenced against him ; and that with respect to our selves, though an attempt was made by the instrumentality of a man called Mudge, who supplies stationery to the Mine, to get up a charge of malicious intent, it was dis tinctly stated by Mr. Justice Littledale, in his summing up, to be a failure, and that we had neither said nor pub lished anything tending to injure the plaintiff's feelings or character. The damages were laid at 2,0001., and the Jury returned a verdict of .5/., though neither special da mages nor malice was proved. It is a fact difficult to un derstand upon what grounds the Jury gave a verdict against us at all, since there was not a single point established against us, except the mere fact of the publication ; and Mr. Justice Littledale stated that no injury could have been sustained by the Mine from an erroneous report of a Chancery suit, as the real circumstances were so easily ex plained, no man would be deterred from buying shares on account of such mistake. There were other reasons for the fall a the shares, which came out on the cross-exami nation of the plaintiff's own witnesses, viz., the previous existence of two Chancery suits, and the postponement of the dividends. It was in fact clearly proved, that the shares had began to fall several weeks before the publication of the alleged libel. It is not for us to reflect on the conduct of the parties who have thus taken advantage of the severity of the Sta tutes against publications. The Press at large is deeply interested in ascertaining whether such actions can be brought with impunity ; for if the discr6ditable part of the profession find they can so easily obtain verdicts to carry costs, a rich harvest may be made of farthing damages against Newspaper Proprietors. We trust that with your usual liberality and impartiality you will do us the justice to insert this letter. In corro boration of our statements, we herewith send you the report of the trial published in our Contemporaries this morning. We are, Sir, yours respectfully, SOPER AND RICHARDS, Proprietors of the Devonport Telegraph. Dcvonport, March 30, 1836. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn—l was surprised on reading The Sun of Monday last to find so respectable a publication the vehicle for such glaring falsehoods, as under the head of " Beer-drinkers," and" Groats and Sixpences." It is a well-known fact that there is not in London a body of men more hardy, labour enduring, and generally healthy than brewers' draymen ; and if the London beer be poisonous, I must remind you it is very tardy in its operation and effects ; witness all the coal and ballast-heavers, brick-makers, sawyers, and, in short, all the London working classes, male and female. With regard to the other subject, I beg to say that Mr. Shillibeer has no omnibus on the Clapham-road, nor do I believe he or any of his men are so dull as to mistake 4d. for 6d., excepting when they are making a payment. Hop ing you will discard such palpable in future errors. I am, yours, &c. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. March 31, 1836. DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE. At three o'clock, (yesterday) on Baxter's vote, by , the decision of the Committee, Mr. O'Connell was again in a majority of twelve over one of the petitioners. Mr. Wrangham then proceeded to strike off votes given for Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Ruthven, and at half past four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned, succeeded in getting rid of nine such votes, thus reducing the majority of Mr. O'Connell to three. The Committee then adjourned until ten o'clock on Sa turday morning. MARRIAGE ACT FORESTALLED.—The Fal mouth Post (Jamaica), of February 17, informs us that, with out waiting for the passing of their Marriage Bill, " two Dis senters have been united in holy matrimony by the Clergy of their own Church." This is hasty work, but no doubt the in terested parties were tired of " single blessedness," and specu lated upon Lord John Russell making his Act retrospective. Major-General Sir Edward Blakeney s six years' period of command expired in 1834 ; it is understood he will be relieved in the autumn, and that succeeding General Officers will be selected from those who are not Colonels of regiments, agreeably to the recommendation of Parliament. Colonel Shaw Kennedy has left Dublin on a tour of inspection to Munster. All efficient officers at present in the Constabulary will be continued under the new Act. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY.—HMiTINGS, MARCH 31.—Died at his residence here, in the Crescent, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. Dr. Sandes, one of the Senior Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, is to be appointed the new Bishop of Clon fe rt. He has always been a most consistent Liberal, and is a man of great learning and piety. We are glad to hear that there is a very considera ble increase of the Quarter's Revenue, to the sth of next month, over that of the corresponding quarter for last year. The Revenue for the whole of last year will turn out to be of much greater amount than that of the preceding year. The new Reform Club, which is to consist of 1,500 members, at an annual subscription of five guineas each, has contracted with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, for the house lately occupied in Pall-mall, by Lady Dysart, which it has taken for three years, next to the Conservative Club house, at the east side. It will require much repair ; it is narrow in front, but of considerable depth, with a large picture gallery in the rear, which can be easily converted into a spa cious club-room. ORDNANCE REDUCTIONS.—The Paymaster's branch of the Ordnance Department, Dublin, is to be reduced, and the Army Pay branch of the Vice-Treasurer's Office, will be affected by the new arrangements in the Paymaster-Gene ral's Office. It at present costs 1,8001. divided among three clerks. General Lord Hill will not hold a levee at his office in the Horse Guards till after the Easter recess. The rumour in circulation that IVIr. Robert Steuart one of the Lords of the Treasury, is about to vacate his seat for the Haddington Burghs, by accepting another place under Government, is entirely without foundation. There never were the slightest grounds for it. It has even been reported that Mr. heMr. S re t p eu re asretnwts._mni asnototrong pap be aca e n r. didate for the Burghs SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. In the early part of yesterday afternoon Brother to Nell Gwynne was in favour, 2 to 1 having been laid upon him for the Riddles worth, and 2,400 to 400 taken about him for the Derby. To wards the close, however,, things took a turn the other way, 6to 4 being snapped at, and 6to 1 offered without any takers. The en tire interest of the afternoon's betting centred in this horse, the prices quoted on the Portland Handicap being merely nominal. Closing odds : RIDDLESWORTH, T.T. (MONDAY NEXT.) 6 to 4 agst Ld Jersey's Brother to Nell Gwynne—taken 6 to 4 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny—take 8 to 1 8 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Brother to Emiliana--tako 10 to 1 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Babel colt—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Ermine—offered 4 to 1 aget Nell Gwynne winning this and the Two Thou sand Guineas Stakes—taken 8 to 1 agst Brother to Nell Gwynne winning the Riddles worth and Derby—take 10 1 THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P.P. 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Hornsea—offered 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime—offered 5 to 1 agst Mr. Sowerby's Rioter—offered 11 to 2 agst Mr. Cooke's Sheet Anchor—offered 13 to 2 agst Mr. Etwall's Revenge—offered 7 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Pelops--offered 12 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Tiber—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mundig—offered Revenge was backed for a small sum at 6 to 1 THE DERBT. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot-6 to 1 taken 6 to 1 agst Ld Jersey's Bro. to Nell Gwynne—offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Master of the Rolls—offered 0.“11. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Vesper—take 12 to 1 16 to 1 aget Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny—taken NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 18. Fifty Pounds ; for four yrs old, 7st. 21b ; five, Bst. 31b ; siz and aged, Bst. 91b. Last three miles of B. C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old and up wards. T. Y. C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old ; colts Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., &c. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for three years-old fillies, Bst. 41b. D.M. Duke of Grafton's b. f. Esmeralda, by Zinganee, out of Pastille Lord Exeter's f. by Sultan, out of Dulcinea Lord Chesterfield's filly by Emilius, out of Rowton's dam Mr. Irby ns. Odessa, sister to Ishmael Mr. Osbaldeston's f. by Velocipede, dam Fickle, by Smolensko Mr. Houldsworth's ch. f. Destiny, sister to Despot Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. east), h. ft. T. M.M. Mr. J. H. Peel's Uncle Toby, by Cain, 6 yrs, Bst Mr. Sowerby's Rioter, 5 yrs, ist. 61b Sir M. Wood's Amesbury, aged, 7st. llb Lord Jersey's Nell Gwynne, 5 yrs, 6st. I llb Match, 300, h. ft. A. F.—Lord Lichfield's Ascot, Bst. 81b, agst Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus, Bst. 21b. TUESDAY. The King's Plate of 100 gs. for mares ; four yrs old, Bst. 41b ; five, 9st. 41b ; six, 9st. 101 b ; aged, lOst. R. C. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 41b. (foals of 1833). R.M. Those by untried stallions, or out of untried mares, allowed 31b, • if both, 151 b. Mr. Sowerby's b. f. Tamburini—dead Mr.Osbakteston's f. by Velocipede, out of Streamlet—both untried Mr. Forth's b. c. cy Emilius, out of Seamew Mr. Marson's ch. c. Remus, by Patron—Ramona—both untried / Mr. F. Caldecott's b. f. Zingaro, by Zinganee—both untried The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 sovs, each, h. ft ,for three years old ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b R.M. Lord Chesterfield's c. by Zinganee, out of Babel Lord Chesterfield's c. Weighton Mr. Thornhill's b. c. Erie Lord Jersey's Brother to Mahomet Lord Jersey's Brother to Riddlesworth Mr. Osbaldeston's f. by Aumphrey Clinker, out of Pousette Mr. Osbaldeston's c. by Velocipede, dam by Partisan Sir M. Wood's ch. c. Tournament Sir M. Wood's b. c. by Whisker, or Cetus, dam by Blacklock Lord Lichfield's c. The Captain, by Zinganee Lord Lichfield's c. Ethiopian, by Memnon, out of Agalia Duke of Portland's c. by The Colonel, out of Thebes Mr. Scott's ch. c. Gladiator, by Partisan ' out of Pauline Lord Exeter's b. c. Muezzin, brother to Beiram Lord Berner's ch. c. by Lamplighter, out of Camarine's dam Mr. Greville's El Pastor Mr. Greville's Elis, brother to Stockport Mr. Wreford's br. c. brothea to Hester Duke of Grafton's c. Calmuck, by Zinganee Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Centurion, by Emilius Lord Albemarle's br. c. Mulberry Mr. Ridsdale's b. c. by Tramp, out of Neva Mr. Ridsdale's b. c. Vandenhoff Mr. J. Robinson's ch. c. Whaley Mr. J. Day's c. Foozool Mr. J. Day's c. The Shah Mr. W. Chifney's The Athenian Mr. W. Chifney ns. Zingaro, by Zinganee. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for three yrs old; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 31b ; untried mares allowed Ilib ; stallions, 21b; both 51b. ,A.M. Lord Tavistock's f. by Royal Oak, out of Leeway—both untried Lord Chesterfield's c. by Zinganee, oat of Babel, both untried Lord Verulam's f. by Emilius, out of Brocard—mare untried General Grosvenor's c. The Professor—horse untried WEDNESDAY. Fifty Pounds ; four yrs, 7st. 51b ; five, Bst. 111 b ; six and aged, 9st. 41b. B.C. Entrance, five guineas. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; 300 sovs. will be paid, in addition, to the winner. Last three miles of B.C. Mr. Ettwall's Revenge, 6 yrs, Bst. 101 b Lord Chesterfield's Hornsea, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b Mr. Cooke's Brother to Hope, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b Mr. Bowes's Mundig, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. Sowerby's Rioter, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b 11r. Graville's Dacre, 5 yrs, 7st Illb Lord Warwick's Pelops, 4 yrs, ist. 41b Lord Tavistock's Oak Apple, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b Lord Orford's Bodice, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b Mr. S. Stanley's Tiber, 4 yrs, 6st. 71b THURSDAY. The King's Plate of 100 gs. ; four yrs old, 9st. 81b ; five, lOst. Sib ; six and aged, Ilst. B.C. The Thousand Guineas' Stakes, a subscription of 100 revs. each, h. ft., for three yrs old fillies, Bst. 41b. each. D.M. Lord Chesterfield's ch. f. by Zinganee, out of Octavio Lord Chesterfield's f. by Emilius, out of Katharine, by Woful Mr. Thornhill's ch. f. Marmalade Mr. Osbaldeston's f. by Humphrey. Clinker, out of Pousette Mr. Osbaldeston's f. by Velocipede, out of Fickle Sir M. Wood's ch. f. by Bustard, out of Flatterer's darn Mr. Walker's ch, f. Copere, by Velocipede (h. untried) Lord Exeter's b. f. sister to Green Mantle Lord Exeter's b. f. sister to Ayesha Lord Berner's b. f. by Oscar, dam by Ruben Mr. Cooke's ch. f. Tertia, by Emilius Lord Tavistock's f. sister to Oak Apple Colonel Peel's f. by Emilius, out of Garcia Colonel Peel's gr. f. Zenana, by Sultan Mr. Sowerby's b. f. Tamburini (dead), by Skiff (m. untried) Mr. Houldsworth's ch. f. Destiny, by Sultan (m. untried) Mr. Houldsworth's ch. f. by Vanish, out of Fortuna (h. untried) Lord Albemarle's br. f. by Velocipede, out of Lunatic Mr. Ridsdale's b. f. Volant, by Velocipede Mr. Ridsdale's b. f. Olinda, by the colonel (both untried) Mr. W. Edwards's b. f. Esmeralda Mr. Chifney's sister to Marcus Sweepstakes of 300 Bst. so's. e2l ch; 100 Foals o cof 1832 .lts, 8 ts. 71b; filli es, fillies, b. B.C. Lord Chesterfield's c. Fergus Lord Verulam's c. Perrot Mr. Walker's ch. c. Curtius Lord Exeter's ch. c. Aurelius Lord Oxford's ch. c. by St. Patrick, out of Selma Duke of Grafton's b. c. Egon Duke of Grafton's c. by Reveller, out of Antiope Mr. Thornhill's ch. 1. ucephalia Mr. Wreford's br. c. Freewill Mr. Ridsdale's gr. c. Lucks All The Ladies' Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yrs old fillies, Bst. 41b. each. D.M. Lord Chesterfield's f. by Zinganee, out of Octaviana Lord Exeter's f. by Sultan , out of Marinello Colonel Peel's f. Zenana Lord Verulam's f. by Emilius, out of Brocard FRIDAY. The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yrs old; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 2lb. D.M. Duke of Portland's c. by The Colonel—Thebes (both untried) Duke of Portland's c. by Brutandorf, out of Souvenir Mr. Greville's b. c. Martello Mr. Batson's b. c. Taishtecr Mr. Cook's Grotesque Colonel Peel's bl. c. by Jerry, out of Mary Ann Sir M. Wood's ch. c. Tournament (h. untried) Sir M. Wood's b. c. by Whisker or Cetus Lord Exeter's c. Muezzin, by Sultan, out of Miss Cantley Lord Exeter's sister to Green Mantle Mr. W. P. Isaacson ns. Zingaro Mr. Walker's b. g. Burgsdorf Mr. Scott's ch. c. Gladiator Load Berner's b. c. by Lamplighter, out of Spinning Jenny Lord Chesterfield's c. by Zinganee, out of Babel Lord Chesterfield's f. by Emelius, out of Rowton's dam Lord Jersey's brother to Mosquito Lord Tavistock's c. by Royal Oak, out of Aurora Mr. Houldsworth's c. Vathek, by Sultan, out of Variety Lord Oxford's b. c. by Langer, out of Spavina Mr. W. Cooper ns. f. Post-haste STEEPLE CHASE IN FRANCE. A Steeple Chase, between Baron Paul Sannegon's bay horse by Cleveland and Count Cornelissen's Mazeppa, both ridden by gentlemen, came off on Saturday at the Croix de Berny. The competitors ran the two first miles close together, taking all their leaps in equally good style. Mazeppa, how ever, was very hard held, and this, by fatiguing his rider, gave his opponent considerable advantage in the end. In fact, from his impetuosity on crossing the Orleans road he fell in the ditch, and gave his rider so severe a shock that it was some time before he was sufficiently recovered to mount again. A great many spectators assembled at a given point to see the horses take a rasping leap over a very high fence preceded by a yawning ditch. Cleveland bounded over all at one spring ; but, unfortunately, on the other side, owing to the slipperiness of the ground from the rain that had fallen, went headlong into a small rivulet. Still he had so far the advance of Ma zeppa that he arrived first at the winning-post. Some of the backers of Mazeppa maintained, notwithstarkling, that the stakes were due to him, as Cleveland's rider, who had fallen under his horse in the river, had been helped out by the bystanders. But Count Cornelissen declined availing himself of the objec tion, and at once admitted that Mazeppa was fairly beaten. The weather was very unfavourable, but a great number of persons were assembled to witness the match, and among them many ladies in carriages. HUNTING. AN EXTRAORDINARY AND SPLENDID CHASE WITH DE BURGH'S STAG HOUNDS OVER A FINE GRASS COUNTRY.-- 011 Tuesday last this crack pack met at the Three Magpies, a favourite meet, but owing to the stormy state of the weatner, there was not such a sprinkle of the St. James's men of fa shion as usual, yet it was to those who are really fond of good THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1636. hunting, the more desirable. At the usual aristocratic hour, the deer (a fine hind) was turned out in one of the large fields near Harlington, and took a fine line of country. The hounds when laid on, took the scent well, and dashed gal lantly for Dawley Ho, and then beat on and through Cran ford-park, skirting Heston, and on for the barracks at Houns low, got headed, and run in view on by Osterly-park, and over by Norwood, across the London road by Hanwell, point ing for the favourite grass country over by Greenford and Northolt church, men, horses, and hounds tailing the country so heavy, that nothing but the best cattle could stand. The deer now made boldly for Harrow-hill, the hunting up to which was of the most magnificent description, the scent sweet, and the music of the hounds still sweeter. "It is more like fox-hunting," says Lord Gardner, " than any thing I ever saw." The deer kept on at a pace, that to live with the hounds, required a steeple-chaser—every fence taking flying—and each man taking his own line—no following at fences—over the Harrow side by Sudbury, and over the Railroad to Wembly-park ; here the field got very select— Lords Frederick Fitzclarence and Gardner, De Burgh, Stan don, Vyse, Blane, Bainbridge. Fairloy, Learmouth, and Elmore and his son (a fine little boy, who rode in a masterly style) well up with the hounds, over to Kingsbury, and to wards Edgeware. The deer headed back and took the large sheet of water at the new reservoir, boldly crossed and faced the rising country up to Dollis-hill, along those grass fields on the right of the Edgware-road, up nearly to the turnpike, where a couple of greyhounds coursed the deer across the road, and over to West-end and Hampstead, where this ex cellent deer was safely taken at Mr. Minet's, Frognall, after a two hours and a half fine hunting chase, and as fine a grass country as man could wish to ride over, the distance at least twenty-five miles. Amongst those up were Mr. De Burgh and his establishment, Lords F. Fitzclarence and Gardner, Sir Seymour Blane, Col. Standen, Captains Hawkins, Fair ley, and Henneker, Messrs. Woombwell, Learmouth, Ricardo, Bainbridge, Brown, Williams, Vyses, and Mr. Edward Tat tersall, &c., all well pleased at the coming in of the finish of one of the best runs this season. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. IRISH NEWSPAPER STAMPS. An Account of the Number of Stamps issued to each News paper in Ireland respectively, from the Ist of January, 1835, to the sth of January, 1836. TITLES OF NEWSPAPERS. Number of Stamps issued. PAPERS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK. Dublin Evening Mail Evenin g Packet Dublin Evening Post Evening Freeman 53,500 Pilot 152,000 Dublin Gazette ll,OOO PAPERS PUBLISHED DAILY Saunder's News Letter .. Freeman's Journal 165,500 Morning Register Stewart's Despatch PAPERS PUBLISHED ONCE A-WEEK. 247,000 40,211 Tarder . ecord Christian Journal Weekly Freeman. Weekly Register United Service Journal I Satirist 69,708 109,489 28,340 12,590 104,000 Mercantile Advertiser Observer 20,835 17,500 100,697 looney's Circular acing Calendar 1,210 J. S. COOPER, Controller and Accountant-General, Stamp-office, Dublin, March 21, 1836. CESSIO BONORUM.—Abstract of the Lord Advocate's Bill to regulate the process of Cessio Bonorum in the Court of Session, and for extending the jurisdiction of Sheriffs in such cases. Every Sheriff within Scotland shall possess jurisdiction in processes of Cessio Bonorum brought before him in manner hereiviafter provided, as fully as in any dther action presently by law competent before him ; and the Sheriff Clerk, and all Sheriffs' Officers in the several Sheriffdoms in Scotland, shall have power to act in their respective offices in relation to such processes. . . . . A debtor against whom a warrant to imprison is issued, or who is in prison, or who has been in prison in respect of a civil debt, may apply for decree of Cessio. The debtor may present to the Court of Session or Sheriff, a petition praying for decree of Cessio. Sheriff to grant a warrant to publish notices, send letters to or cite creditors, to lodge books, &c. ; debtor to be ex- amined. Debtor to undergo examination before Sheriff. Sheriff, after examination, to decide in cases originating before him. It shall be competent to any person aggrieved by a de cree to present a reclaiming petition. It shall be lawful, either after such reclaiming petition has been disposed of, or without presenting such petition, for any person aggrieved, to bring the judgments under the review of the Court of Session, by lodging a returning note. Inner House during session to review. Lord Ordinary on Bills to review during vacation of Christ mas recess. _ _ _ Where a Cessio Bonorum is raised before the Court of Session, the debtor shall publish a notice in the Edinburgh Gazette. _ _ _ _ _ Court of Session may remit to the Lord Ordinary on the Bills, or to the Sheriff. Lord Ordinary on the Bills to judge during vacation of Christmas recess. Judgment of Lord Ordinary on the Bills subject to review. The Inner House during session, and the Lord Ordinary during reces s, may grant interim protection, or liberation to the debtor. Decree to operate as an assignation to creditors, or dispo sition oninium bonorum to be granted. The 17th clause makes :provision where a decree has been refused hoc statu. for either a new decree or a new petition. The wearing of the Dyvour's habit is abolished. Appeals to the House of Lords, if lodged within ten days, are not excluded by the Act. No fee fund dues on Government duties as exigible. Act may be repealed. FISIIERIEB.—The preamble of Captain Pechell's Bill for the better regulation and protection of the Fisheries on the coast of England and Wales, runs thus :—" Whereas it is highly necessary for the better encouragement of the breed of fish, and to prevent the destruction of it on the coast of Eng land and Wales, that the fish entering the bays and creeks thereof for the purpose of depositing their spawn and their brood or fry, should not during certain seasons of the year be disturbed or molested. And whereas the fishery is greatly injured during certain seasons of the year by trawls and drag nets." For the prevention thereof, be it enacted, &c. Then fol low 28 clauses for the appointment of conservators, for fixing the fence season, penalties, &c. &c. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—The titles of the following clauses present an ABSTRACT of the principal provisions of the Ministerial Measure for amending the Law relative to the Re gistration of Voters in Ireland, and for taking the Poll at Elections in that part of the Kingdom. Difficulties having arisen from the present mode of ascer taining the qualification of persons entitled to vote for Mem bers of Parliament, it is proposed that after the Ist of July next, no person shall have the right of voting after the first of July next; no person shall have the right of voting in any place in Ireland (except the University of Dublin) unless registered according to this Act, &c. When Registry shall be formed, no voter. thereon, &c. shall be required to claim so long as he shall retain the qualification in respect whereof he shall be registered, &c. Lord Lieutenant may appoint barristers of not less that five years' standing to revise lists, &c. No person allowed to object to vote or claimant, or to ap peal against decision of revising barrister, who shall not be himself a voter. Persons duly registered under this Act shall be entitled to vote at any election held before the first July in the next suc ceeding year, or at which polling shall have commenced before that day, unless previously disentitled by revising barrister, &c. Persons objecting to right of any person to vote may appeal to next going Judges of Assize. When revising barristers shall strike names off register or reject claims, they shall set forth the reason thereof in a book. Individuals may appeal against decisions of revising barris ters to Superior Law Courts in Dublin. It shall be lawful for any registered voter to appeal against the right of any person now registered, or who may be regis tered before the first day of - next, to be placed on the re gister at the first revising sessions under this Act. Names of freemen by birth, &c., not to be registered, un less such right has been allowed for twenty years previous to March 1831. Poll to commence on the day after the same shall be de manded, and to continue two days. No inquiry at the time of election, except as to identity of voter, and whether he has voted before at the same election. False answers punishable as perjury. All oaths abolished, except the bribery oath. Penalty on disqualified persons voting, 100/. Right of voting in boroughs, &c., to be enjoyed by joint occupants of premises, when the clear annual value shall give a sum of 101. for each. MAIL CoAcIrMILEAoE.—From the recent return, it appears that the saving effected in the Post• office department by the new mail coach contract amounts to 2,9301. ss. sd. for the quarter ending on the sth April, 1836. It has oft e n been remarked that the parochial teachers of Scotland are at once the most useful and worst paid class of men in his Majesty's dominions. THE MINISTERS or CHARLES X.—The QUO tidienne announces that M. de Peyronnet is seriously ill, and that his condition causes the most lively anxiety to his friends. He has consented to receive the assistance of Dr. Pariset. It appears that a tumour in the neck, attended with violent in flammation, came to a crisis on the 24th instant, and that since that time his health has been rather improxed. The same Journal stat es , t h at t h e on l y son o f M. dc aternon R anvi lle being in a very d angerous state o f h ea lth from a wound t h at he has received, application has been made by Mad. de Guer. non to the Minister of Justice, for permission to his father to accompany his son to the part of the country pyescribcd for him by the physicians ; but that the result of thdapplication is not yet known. The Quotidienne adds several reasons to show the justice of this petition being granted: ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN REGENT. Madam—We the undersigned inhabitants and merchants of Madrid, cannot do less than raise our voices to the throne of your Majesty, because, in the critical circum stances in which we are placed, the voice of a faithful and submissive people can never fail to be both grateful and profitable to Kings as well as to nations. Your Majesty has reposed your confidence for the government of the State in a man beloved within and esteemed without the Spanish nation, and in whom this same nation has granted its confidence, in conjunction with your Majesty, in the most critical circumstances. Grave errors, and serious mistakes of opposing parties, who, enlisting under hostile banners, have contended in a fruitless struggle for an ominous victory, inasmuch as they have mistaken the Spanish nation of to-day for the Spanish nation of yesterday, and have neither recognised its dogmas, nor can suffer its yoke, and have thus reduced society and the Government to a state of weakness in which we are now unfortunately placed. When a Ministry, which history will judge, acted under the influence of impotent passion against a magnanimous nation, that nation withdrew its confidence from it, and the ties were dissolved which ought to have united the Govern ment with society. This dissolution, which mortally wounded our nationality, and which filled the northern powers with joy, and the southern powers with consterna tion, was the scandal of all Europe ; but your Majosty, with the instinct of a mother and the prudence of a Queen, preferred for your adviser a remarkable individual, who, accustomed to combat for lihorty abroad, was again ready to combat for it at home—Fi. home which received him with enthusiasm, and which ,s to be the theatre of his triumphs, and in which he was to gather fresh laurels. At that time nobody disputed with him his elevation to power. At that time none of his former enemies drew their swords to compel him to yield.' They all disappeared from the scene which the world saw -vacant. He alone never hesitated, because he alone felt his heart serene in the midst of the storm, and he alone offered to your Majesty a manly support in the midst of danger. Society from that moment recovered its lost level. The throne was restored to its ancient strength. Serenity and peace appeared once more in our gloomy horison. Never theless, Madam, the man who raised up power from its fallen condition, and the nation from anarchy, is the object of the evils machinations of discomfitted factions. Although it be certain that he united in September the entire nation under the standard of Isabella, it is no less certain that a threatening insurrection of parties still exists against the power which our institutions consecrate and our laws pro tect—an insurrection which it is necessary to combat, unless we resolve to bequeath to our children the grievous legacy of a defective liberty, together with the misfortune of a com munity torn by contending factions. Madam, he alone can save ourliberty to-day who saved it yesterday, by vanquishing a fanatical party which was triumphing over our divisions. He alone can save power who reorganised our deranged framework of Society. He alone can preserve society, who saved it without a distatorship, and in the midst of anarchy ; and because he saved it without a dicta torship, he is opposed by factions who aspire to power as an end, and who look to anarchy as the means. The capital of the Spanish monarchy is full of dis gust at the ominous rumours which are circulating in its bosom ; nobody can doubt that there are many who see with pain that the laws are recovering their vigour, and the State its healthy condition, and that these same are endea vouring to destroy a Cabinet which has sought to identify itself with the nation, and has never once transgressed the limits of the law. As imprudeut as they are daring, they demand from it an account of all its promises; enumerating them every day. Its crime is, that it has confided in the hope that the parties which torture the country would have been reconciled, and that peace would have been substituted for the agitations which we endure. It was solely upon this condition that it could have pro mised, and did promise, victory, in the presence of the Legislature and the nation. If those parties, instead of giving him the kiss of peace, still keep up their disgraceful disputes, is that Cabinet to be responsible for promises, the ' fulfilment of which depended upon a generosity which they have not shown? They paralyze the Cabinet, and they tell it that it marches ; and whilst they assassinate it they accuse it. Those who have kept alive the flame of war in the north with the light of their envenomed hatred, ask the Minister how long the flame is to burn ? Posterity, more impartial and better informed, will alone give it credit for having raised 100,000 combatants in the midst of our scandalous dissentions. They accuse it because our credit fails. Pos terity will ask with wonder how it could have provided - so long for the expences of the Government without loans or compulsory contributions, and will crown it with a garland. They ask it what has become of liberty—liberty herself will answer to future generations. But if parties are ungrateful the people are generous ; while the former are endeavouring in Madrid to ascend to power by combatting the existing Cabinet, the people are applauding it throughout the kingdom. While they are accusing it, the people are everywhere electing repre sentatives on whom they impose the duty of suppozing it. Our eyes, Madam, are not accustomed to read the fu ture, but a " doleful presentiment assures us, that if the pre sent Cabinet should at this crisis disappear from the politi cal scene, the future will be most gloomy. The rumour of the fall of the Cabinet, and that of the dissolution of the State, proceed from the same parties as accuse the Mi nistry. They well know that the present Cabinet, which is strong because it is supported by public opinion, and be cause it rests upon the law, will be an invincible obstacle to the realization of the plans they meditate ; and knowing this, they have sworn that it shall be exterminated ; and therefore the undersigned, who are well aware of this, raise their humble voices, Madam, to your august throne to sup plicate that you will accede to their wishes, and deign to continue your confidence to the present Ministry, which in the most stormy and difficult moments saved from destruc tion the cradle of your august daughter, and the liberties of the Spanish nation. Madrid, March 21, God preserve, &c. [Here follow the signatures of more than 500 Grandees of Spain, landholders, merchants, &c.] STEAM NAVIGATION. Yesterday a meeting was held of the owners of steam boats, and others interested in steam navigation, at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of considering what measures should be adopted successfully to oppose the Bills now before Parliament, extending the capital of the City of Dublin Steam Company, on the ground that the public interests would be injured by giving a monopoly to that establishment, and to. the General Steam Navigation Company. Mr. MARTIN took the Chair, and, after stating the ob jects of the meeting, Mr. E. TENNENT, M.P., submitted whether, at a meet ing like the present, the agent for the Bill they had met to oppose ought not to be present ? Mr. MAHONT said he attended as agent for the City of Dublin Steam Company, to prevent any misrepresentations being made, and to give such explanations as the meeting might deem proper. On the part of the Dublin Company, he could not see any good reason why those who were in terested in the steam navigation of the Clyde should op pose the Bill. The Dublin Company were anxious to compete for the carriage of the mails, and were now build ing vessels for that purpose. The Company asked to be incorporated as the General Steam Navigation Company had been, in order to prevent the Members of Parliament who were connected with it from being ousted from their seats, should the Company obtain the contract. The City of Dublin Company required no peculiar privileges, and desired no monopoly, being anxious that all the Steam Companies should have the same privileges which they asked. Mr. PEARSE, as agent to the General Steam Navigation Company, said neither that establishment nor the Dublin Company desired a monopoly. Mr. M. ATTWOOD said, as, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, he considered the Bills be fore Parliament would benefit the public, and that there was no ground to oppose them. If the opposition arose from private circumstances he thought there was also no ground for the opposition. The CHAIRMAN said the Scotch Companies feared that the facilities which would be given to the Dublin Company by a further increase of its capital of 300,0001. might be come injurious to the Clyde navigation. Mr. MAHONY referred to the Bills which had been passed by Parliament for establishing steam communication with much larger • capitals than that possessed by the Dublin Company., The public would be benefitted by the competition which would arise for the carrying of the mails. Mr. C. O'DWYER objected to such gigantic power being given to the Company as would be created if the Bill were passed. A monopoly would be established which would impede commerce instead of promoting it, and the Com pany would be enabled to run down the small proprietors. P. STEWART, M.P., spoke against the Bill ; and, as a representative of the Clyde steam proprietors, he thought such a monopoly.ought not to be granted, especially as the B f ill T c r o a n d t e ai h n a e d d t p o r l i a vil b eg im es s which hould the President of the Board o never be granted to any other Company. Mr. TENNENT said the opposition to these Bills was not confined to the Proprietors of the Clyde. There had been many Petitions presented against them from Ireland. Bel fast had petitioned them ; an Cork, as well as other places, upon the ground that if such powers were given to the Dublin Company private enterprise would be destroyed. In the present state of steam navigation no such powers ought to be given to one Company. He referred to ad after t conduct of the St. George's Steam Company, whitd had opposing the smaller Steam-Packet Proprietors, a .- reduced the freight of cattle from 55.‘ , 14-. s.-per head, rose ^ it to 155., after they had beaten their:Ovals out of the field. He felt as deeply as any one for the piosPerity ) er,ireland, and especially for the improvement of ttis \ .4a,vitigkitt of the Shannon ; but he thought that giving m-(0 4 ;(4 3 _4 1 1--t9.-Ier Dublin Company, would prove injurious v. Vac especially as therc was only a limited liabili the shareholders. _ _ Mr. ATTWOOD said the St. George's Company was not chartered, and the effect of competition must be advaii. geous to the public. Mr. P. STEWART moved a resolution to the effect, that the Bill brought in by the city of Dublin Steam Navigation Company to extend their capital to 600,0001., retaining the exemption from all liability for their debts beyond their sub scribed stock, which exemption had been originally obtained on the express condition of their capital being restricted, contained privileges extremely unjust to persons engaged in a similar trade and highly prejudicial to the public at large, and that, so far from such privileges being enlarged, they ought to be abrogated. The resolution having been seconded, Mr. MAHONY moved an amendment, that the explana tions given on behalf of the City of Dublin Company and the General Steam Navigation Company i❑ support of the Bills, were satisfactory, and that it was inexpedient to op pose them, &c. &c. A long discussion took place as to whether the gentlemen present connected with the two Companies were entitled to vote, the Chairman declaring that he would not be a party to putting the amendment, as in calling the meeting he had intended it only for those who were opposed to the Bills. He therefore left the chair, and the opponents of the Bills quitted the room. Mr. P. Stewart had been previously asked to take the chair, but refused ; and Mr. O'Dwyer also objected. The opponents of the Bills having left the field to the supporters of the measure, Mr. Attwood was called to the chair, and the amendment was unanimously carried. The chief reason why Mr. Martin objected to put the amendment was the determination of the supporters of it not to give their names, as demanded by him, the opponents of the Bill having done so. The meeting then adjourned. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MARCH. The Reporter of one of the first agricultural journals of the day, observes that, "if variety were always pleasing, the by-gone winter quarter should have been the pleasantest of any for many years. Rain and sleet, frost and snow, wind and calm, storm and tempest, heat and cold, have suc ceeded each other, and many of them in the same day/ with the most endless variety." Now, be it understood, the foregoing was written a month since ; and the remarks applied chiefly to North Britain. But what have we Southrons to advance in opposition, or as a set-off to this sufficiently lugubrious catalogue of meteorological muta tions, which, in good truth, have proved more disagree able " than the mild winters and the green Yules of past years ?" We may go on, step by step, with the Reporter, and then add, that the criterion month of March has been variable like its precursors, " and much more abundantly." In fact, with the exception of a few weeks in November and December, the entire winter has proved a season of extremes ; and March, that month of promise, whose dry ing winds in ordinary cases have proverbially been the fore runners of verdure and bloom, has passed by without one of its usual concomitants, unless we consider as such the boisterous storms from the South-west, which have " con founded navigation," and spread dismay on the coasts. Three days of brilliant sun-light have we been favoured with, and the day of the equinoctial entrance of the sun into Aries (the 20th) was one of them. So far the prognostics may have been promising. The temperature also was high on one occasion, for the thermometer •indicated 62 degs. in the afternoon of the 19th inst., but the wind was unfa vourable, and the cold rains and stiff westerly breezes of the season have returned, and still continue. In fine, and by a few words, we may thus sum up the character of the .month which has introduced the vernal quarter, and placed the sun in the ascendant :—The weather has been cold to the degree of winter. The rains, though not productive of a volume of water, have been extremely frequent ; the sun has appeared as if " shorn of his beams ;" and the wind has not, to the present day (25th) veered to any one of the Easterly points. We might be led to conclude, from the unpromising state of the season, that the wheat must have suffered ; but such is not the fact in any situation within our sphere of observation. The plant is very short, but it is strong and full of verdure ; no blanks occur, and it has grown a little ; rot a yellow tinge can we discern, nor could we infer from appearances that frosts of 15 degrees have succeeded within a few hours to a temperature of 45 or 50 degrees. But we have inspected one of the finest corn districts of the mid land counties, and are prepared to admit that upon cold and binding clays the appearances may be unfavourable. Thus our intelligence from Northamptonshire is not cheer ing, and it corresponds in a degree with that which we col lect from the Scottish Report, where we read that " the young wheat, especially on strong land, is backward, and even sickly in many instances, owing, in the first instance, to the unfavourable state of the land at seed-time, and the subsequent very changeable weather." We read also, and are directly informed, that the price of farm produce is on the advance—that of live stock and sheep in particular. The deficiency of the late turnip crop may partially account for the latter result. Stock, it is expected, will pay well for their keep, " having been bought in at a reasonable rate in autumn, and prices assuming a firm aspect for the spring." Such is the sum and substance of whatever is considered, even by interested parties, as unpromising ; but for all that come and gone yet the crops may do well, and be pros- In truth, we are sure that the wheat grows and perous. Alves, though its progress is very slow. The oats, to a considerable extent, have been sown, and the land appears to be in high condition ; and we have also the pleasure to observe that our fears of the general failure of the trifolium had been too far excited by the overcoloured report of those who had not investigated sufficiently. Some fields are with out a plant, it is true, but others, whereon the plough had not passed at the time of sowing, seem to promise as fine a crop as • any one could desire. With bright gleams and genial temperature, nature will speedily assume its gayest livery ; and it will be seen that mere retardation is any. Viing but destruction. Our worst fears and anticipations harp" upon the prospect threatened by the equinoctial prognostic ; but though the grain crop might suffer by a showery summer, that would bring us a store of grass, potatoes, and turnips. In the mean time we entreat the agriculturist to consult his true interests by enlarging the circle of his rotation. Why should he not introduce cabbages, lucern, saintfoin, carrots , and fiel d beet, or mangol ? He has acquired that fine and productive green crop, the trifolium, a plant which yields a bulk of the best fodder, and meliorates the land. Cabbages and potatoes alternate most successfully almost ad infinitum, and the list might be enlarged. The great point is to keep the land in heart—to tax it to the utmost—not indeed by reiterations of white crops, /but by a wise inter-rotation which will obviate the time-wasting fallow, cleanse the soil from fecal depositions, and increase its ultimate yield. Has all been done that could be effected—have the productive powers of the land been called into action, or rather, we would ask, does it yield—has it ever yielded, one third of the total return which application, aided by science might, beyond a doubt, induce ? We leave it to the good sense of the observant cultivator to furnish him with suitable replies. Recurring to the actual state of the weather, the 26th day of the month was ushered in with a keen frost ; the forenoon improved, but a severe N. W. storm of hail, snow, and rain, with furious wind, followed, and when the gale subsided, a clear night introduced a frost of unusual keen ness. We witnessed 7 degrees (25 Farenheit) at Ba. m. of the 27th, with much rime ; and this with (a great fall of the mercury) threatens but too long a continuance of that which rarely visited us in 1835, when it was more re quired. The month of March we think may be regarded as a me teorological curiosity, and we invite our philosophical friends to observe minutely, and register its results. March 28. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMIIRIDGE, APRIL I.—The following gentlemen have been elected Fellows of St. John's College : —Rev. William Pound and William Hey, on the foundation ; and the Rev. Ja . mes William Inman, on Mr. Platt's foundation. The Rev. Benjamin Hall Kennedy, M.A.., late Fellow of St. John's College, has been appointed by the Master and Seniors of that Society to succeed Dr. Butler as Head Master of Shrewsbury Royal Free Grammar School. The Rev. James Ind Weldon, B.A. Fellow of St. John's Col lege, has also been lately appointed to the Second Master ship of the same school. On Friday last Philip Howard Frere, 8.A., Scholar of Trinity College, was elected one of the Travelling Bache lors on the foundation of William Worts, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Spyers, M.A., of St. John's College, was on Wednesday last elected Master of Aldcnham school, near St. Alban's, Herts. The Rev. W. Wheler Hume, 8.A., of St. J o h n ' s Col lege, has been presented to the li v i ng of Scaldwell, Nor thamptonshire. Patron, the Duke of Buccleugh. At the congregation on Friday last (end of term) a grac e passed F t e h l e low Se o n f at T e Joseph ri a n p it p y eintit)g College, De \ puty ‘ aM.A., bsence of Mr. Heaviside. r i a , t r k o i c n t s or Barnes,inthe Negotiations have been on foot between the Liver pool Town Council and the present manaffers of the Dock affairs rel a ti ve t o the principle on which the Dock Committee is in future to be constituted.